Avon’s Mareen Ek, Paul Netland, Carver Morgan and Jevonte Eaves participated in the State Open indoor track and field championships in New Haven on Feb. 19.
NEW HAVEN, Feb. 19, 2022 – Two athletes from Avon and one from Canton finished in the top six of their respective events at the State Open indoor track and field championships at the Floyd Little Athletic Center in New Haven and will advance to the New England championships.
Avon’s Carver Morgan and Paul Netland qualified to participate in the New England championships on Saturday, March 5, at the Reggie Lewis Center in the Roxbury section of Boston along with Canton hurdler Nate Cournean.
Morgan ran a great race in the 1,600 meters, finishing fifth with a time of 4:21.16, nearly four seconds better than his seed time of 4:35.04.
Netland finished fifth in the 55 hurdles with a time of 8.11 seconds, just ahead of Cournean in sixth place with a time of 8.20 seconds. Lewis Mills’ Michael Johnson won the race and the state championship with a time of 7.53 seconds.
Netland set a new school record in qualifying with his run of 8.09 seconds.
Avon’s Mareen Ek ran in the 1,600 meters and was 12th with a time of 5:24.56, just a quarter second off her personal best. Jevonte Eaves came within a half second of his personal best in the 600 meters when he ran a time of 1:26.74, good enough to finish 14th.
Canton’s Tommie Barker finished 11th in the shot with a throw of 31-11 feet. John Rottkamp was 17th in the pole vault with a leap of 10-6 feet.
2022 CIAC State Open
At New Haven
Boys Team Scores: 1. Hall 52; 2. Hillhouse 48; 3. Conard 40; 4. Greenwich 24; 5. Staples 23; 6. Xavier 22; 7. Fairfield Ludlowe 20; 8. Lewis Mills and Prince Tech 18; 10. Manchester 17½ ; 11. New Milford 14; 11. Bristol Central 14; 13. Simsbury, Haddam-Killingworth, Wilbur Cross, Stonington, Hale Ray, and Derby 10; 19. Ellington, East Hampton, and St. Paul 8; 22. Sheehan 7; 23. Somers, Cheshire and Wilton 6; 26. Avon, Ridgefield, Norwalk and Woodstock Academy 4; 30. Suffield and Naugatuck 3; 32. Windsor, Ansonia, Coginchaug, Lyman Hall, E.O. Smith, East Hartford and Bloomfield 2; 39. Woodland 1½; 40. Coventry, NFA, Glastonbury, Weaver, Canton, Guilford, RHAM and Nonnewaug 1
Individual results
At New Haven
Boys Team Scores: 1. Hall 52; 2. Hillhouse 48; 3. Conard 40; 4. Greenwich 24; 5. Staples 23; 6. Xavier 22; 7. Fairfield Ludlowe 20; 8. Lewis Mills and Prince Tech 18; 10. Manchester 17½ ; 11. New Milford 14; 11. Bristol Central 14; 13. Simsbury, Haddam-Killingworth, Wilbur Cross, Stonington, Hale Ray, and Derby 10; 19. Ellington, East Hampton, and St. Paul 8; 22. Sheehan 7; 23. Somers, Cheshire and Wilton 6; 26. Avon, Ridgefield, Norwalk and Woodstock Academy 4; 30. Suffield and Naugatuck 3; 32. Windsor, Ansonia, Coginchaug, Lyman Hall, E.O. Smith, East Hartford and Bloomfield 2; 39. Woodland 1½; 40. Coventry, NFA, Glastonbury, Weaver, Canton, Guilford, RHAM and Nonnewaug 1
Individual results
55 Meter Dash Finals: 1. Ralphael Hawkins, Hillhouse, 6.45; 2. Bryan McLean, Derby, 6.52; 3. Colin Brown, Cheshire, 6.54; 4. Nolan Freeman, New Milford, 6.56; 5. Tristan Burke, East Hartford, 6.57; 6. Malcolm Beckford, Weaver, 6.59.
300 Meter Dash: 1. Jonathan York, Hall, 35.67; 2. Michael Johnson, Lewis Mills, 35.92; 3. Gianluca Bianchi, Greenwich, 35.98; 4. Ralphael Hawkins, Hillhouse, 36.08; 5. Kanye Bailey, Derby, 36.46; 6. Paul Burkett, Sheehan, 36.58.
600 Meter Run: 1. Jeremy Rivera, Prince Tech, 1:23.94; 2. Tobias Ruffo, Hall, 1:24.07; 3. Bruno Guiduli, Staples, 1:24.45; 4. Gabriel Sisk, Hall, 1:24.48; 5. William Dalles, Coginchaug, 1:24.57; 6. LeoAngel Lopez, Naugatuck, 1:24.79.
1000 Meter Run: 1. Eamon Burke, Xavier, 2:33.67; 2. Tyler Bartlett, Fairfield Ludlowe, 2:34.30; 3. Ryan Gruczka, Stonington, 2:35.69; 4. Ryan Orr, Stonington, 2:37.49; 5. Christian Malave, Ansonia, 2:38.70; 6. Griffin Mandirola, Suffield, 2:38.99.
1600 Meter Run: 1. Gavin Sherry, Conard, 4:11.19#; 2. Callum Sherry, Conard, 4:13.32; 3. Sean Kennedy-Wonneberger, Hale Ray, 4:15.46; 4. Nikita Omelchenko, Wilbur Cross, 4:17.04; 5. Carver Morgan, Avon, 4:21.16; 6. Liam Calhoun, Rham, 4:24.86.
3200 Meter Run: 1. Gavin Sherry, Conard, 9:06.52; 2. Aidan Puffer, Manchester, 9:15.85; 3. Callum Sherry, Conard, 9:20.88; 4. Sean Kennedy-Wonneberger, Hale Ray, 9:26.22; 5. Eamon Burke, Xavier, 9:31.55; 6. Zachary Taubman, Staples, 9:32.50.
55 Meter Hurdles: 1. Michael Johnson, Lewis Mills, 7.53; 2. Jarrett Boxley, Bristol Central, 7.86; 3. Blake Battaglia, Wilbur Cross, 7.88; 4. Joshua Wilkie, Ellington, 7.95; 5. Paul Netland III, Avon, 8.11; 6. Nathan Cournean, Canton, 8.20.
4×200 Meter Relay: 1. Hillhouse (Sheldon Edwards, Zyair Wali, Travis James, Ralphael Hawkins), 1:32.91; 2. Hall (Jonathan York, Samuel Sandler, Thomas Nash, Charles Cameron), 1:32.92; 3. Sheehan (Jelan Kollie, Lucas Leon-Barreiro, Christopher Barkasy, Paul Burkett), 1:34.12; 4. Greenwich (Thomas Foster, Gianluca Bianchi, John Sias, Harrison Goldenberg), 1:34.39; 5. Naugatuck (LeoAngel Lopez, Taylor Trowers, Daniel Anderson, Matthew Kilmer), 1:34.70; 6. Windsor (Oswin Charlemagne, Justin Dawkins, Breon Parker, Grant Harris), 1:34.96.
4×400 Meter Relay: 1. Hall (Jonathan York, Gabriel Sisk, Tobias Ruffo, Samuel Sandler), 3:31.18; 2. Greenwich (Zachary Carifa, Gianluca Bianchi, Zachary Jelinek, Harrison Goldenberg), 3:32.80; 3. Staples (Samir Mott, David Sedrak, Jalen St.Fort, Bruno Guiduli), 3:32.90; 4. Ellington (Vincent Sivo, Divyesh Paladugu, Riley Giordano, Joshua Wilkie), 3:33.47; 5. New Milford (Nolan Freeman, Collin Walsh, Andrew Taborsak, Connor Sterling), 3:34.92; 6. Glastonbury (Jackson Boyd, Kevin Clarke, Joseph Accurso, Michael Sardo), 3:35.46.
4×800 Meter Relay: 1. Staples (Zachary Taubman, Ben Lorenz, Rory Tarsy, Jalen St.Fort), 8:07.07; 2. Hall (Colin Goldschmidt, Nathaniel Aronson, Jamie Rendon, Tobias Ruffo), 8:11.49; 3. Conard (Gavin Sherry, Nicolas Martin, Grant Walters, Callum Sherry), 8:13.49; 4. Manchester (Cian Grady, Sean Barkasy, Caleb Curtis, Aidan Puffer), 8:14.10; 5. E.O. Smith (Jacob Robinson-Smey, Jack Mattingly, Matthew Enright, Evan Boland), 8:15.20; 6. Guilford (Bretton Garrick, Michael Masotti, Thomas Gregory, Justin Shiffrin), 8:18.93.
1600 Sprint Medley: 1. Xavier (Owen Pestka, Owen Miller, Chase Vitale, Eamon Burke), 3:39.78; 2. Prince Tech (Charles Cannon, Jalil Pena, Kaven Lester, Jeremy Rivera), 3:41.56; 3. Bristol Central (Jarrett Boxley, Logan Jackson, Noah Conrod, Francis Porrini), 3:42.01; 4. Hall (Julian Serrano, Thomas Nash, Samuel Sandler, Sean McDaniel), 3:42.07; 5. Fairfield Ludlowe (James Revay, Samuel Keller, Joseph Rosw-Provey, Tyler Bartlett), 3:43.82; 6. Windsor (Oswin Charlemagne, Justin Dawkins, Mark Gilling, Matthew Hallgren), 3:45.36.
High Jump: 1. Timothy Watson, Simsbury, 6-08; 2. Zyair Wali, Hillhouse, 6-02; 3. Zachary Carifa, Greenwich, 6-00; 4. Duke Quermorllue, Norwalk, J6-00; 5. Eric Meade, Woodland, J6-00; 5. Jamil Manu, Manchester, J6-00.
Pole Vault: 1. Steven Ditelberg, Fairfield Ludlowe, 14-03; 2. Nicholas Rivard-Lentz, East Hampton, 13-00; 3. Douglas Suter, Somers, 12-06; 4. Lucas Williams, Ridgefield, J12-06; 5. Chance DeCrescenzo, Lyman Hall, J12-06; 6. Nikita Nicholas, Nonnewaug, 12-00.
Long Jump: 1. Aidan Law, Haddam-Killingworth, 21-03.25; 2. Tyler Turner, St. Paul Catholic, 21-02; 3. Ryan Johnson, Wilton, 20-10; 4. Jamil Manu, Manchester, 20-09; 5. Connor McCue, Suffield, 20-08.50; 6. Michaelly Luc, Norwich Free Academy, 20-06.50.
Shot Put: 1. Gary Moore Jr., Hillhouse, 63-11.25#; 2. Christopher Bon Tempo, New Milford, 50-02.50; 3. Jquan Athis, Hillhouse, 48-11.50; 4. Keenan LaMontagne, Woodstock Academy, 47-04.50; 5. John Milner-Jones, Bloomfield, 47-01.75; 6. Alex Krause, Coventry, 46-08.75.
Girls Team Scores
Team results — 1. Danbury 36; 2. Joel Barlow 30; 3. Sheehan 27; 4. Glastonbury 25; 5. Bloomfield and Windsor 24; 7. Fairfield Ludlowe 21; 8. Somers 20; 9. Hillhouse 18; 10. Maloney 17; 11. Weston and Newtown 16; 13. Simsbury and New Milford 15; 15. Bethel 13; 16. Darien 11; 17. Staples, Naugatuck and Greenwich 10; 20. Rocky Hill, Trumbull, Coginchaug, Middletown, and Capital Prep 8; 25. Conard and E.O. Smith 7; 27. East Lyme and East Hampton 6; 29. Stonington and Masuk 5; 31. Bacon Academy, Hall, Immaculate, and Wilton 4; 35. Brookfield, Lauralton Hall and Farmington 2; 38. Stratford, St. Bernard, Jonathan Law, East Hartford, Shelton, Ledyard, Wilbur Cross, Mercy and NFA 1
Individual events
Team results — 1. Danbury 36; 2. Joel Barlow 30; 3. Sheehan 27; 4. Glastonbury 25; 5. Bloomfield and Windsor 24; 7. Fairfield Ludlowe 21; 8. Somers 20; 9. Hillhouse 18; 10. Maloney 17; 11. Weston and Newtown 16; 13. Simsbury and New Milford 15; 15. Bethel 13; 16. Darien 11; 17. Staples, Naugatuck and Greenwich 10; 20. Rocky Hill, Trumbull, Coginchaug, Middletown, and Capital Prep 8; 25. Conard and E.O. Smith 7; 27. East Lyme and East Hampton 6; 29. Stonington and Masuk 5; 31. Bacon Academy, Hall, Immaculate, and Wilton 4; 35. Brookfield, Lauralton Hall and Farmington 2; 38. Stratford, St. Bernard, Jonathan Law, East Hartford, Shelton, Ledyard, Wilbur Cross, Mercy and NFA 1
Individual events
55 Meter Dash Finals: 1. Alanna Smith, Danbury, 7.01; 2. Nyasia Dailey, Middletown, 7.17; 3. D’Jior Delisser, Bloomfield, 7.31; 4. Amanda Castaldi, Sheehan, 7.38; 5. Emily Mulhern, Joel Barlow, 7.41; 6. Nancy Inthasit, Stonington, 7.43.
300 Meter Dash: 1. Alanna Smith, Danbury, 39.93; 2. Mariella Schweitzer, Joel Barlow, 41.49; 3. Francine Stevens, Staples, 41.92; 4. Jessica Starr, East Hampton, 41.93; 5. Olivia Walters, Brookfield, 42.31; 6. Victoria Francis, Simsbury, 42.38.
600 Meter Run: 1. Brittani Westberry, Windsor, 1:36.70; 2. Kate Demark, Darien, 1:37.56; 3. Riley Powers, Newtown, 1:38.90; 4. Esme Daplyn, Greenwich, 1:39.11; 5. Julia Blake, Darien, 1:39.95; 6. Kate Littler, Ledyard, 1:41.08.
1000 Meter Run: 1. Bria Benigni, Maloney, 2:59.56; 2. Olivia Birney, Simsbury, 3:00.66; 3. Kali Holden, Trumbull, 3:01.55; 4. Emily Mrakovcic, Wilton, 3:02.01; 5. Ava Graham, Bethel, 3:02.17; 6. Brooke Strauss, Glastonbury, 3:02.79.
1600 Meter Run: 1. Rachel St. Germain, Somers, 4:57.20; 2. Anna Keeley, Fairfield Ludlowe, 5:01.59; 3. Sydney Kelleher, New Milford, 5:05.40; 4. Brooke Strauss, Glastonbury, 5:09.55; 5. Kelly Jones, Lauralton Hall, 5:09.69; 6. Anna Omelchenko, Wilbur Cross, 5:11.08.
3200 Meter Run: 1. Rachel St. Germain, Somers, 10:49.24; 2. Madelaine Sweeney, New Milford, 11:02.73; 3. Anna Keeley, Fairfield Ludlowe, 11:11.11; 4. Katherine Sanderson, Hall, 11:12.76; 5. Kathryn Marchand, Trumbull, 11:13.52; 6. Julianne Teitler, Darien, 11:17.69.
55 Meter Hurdles: 1. Mariella Schweitzer, Joel Barlow, 8.35; 2. Leonaya Knox, Hillhouse, 8.45; 3. Amanda Castaldi, Sheehan, 8.47; 4. Shani Smith, Windsor, 8.48; 5. Brylee Montanari, East Hampton, 8.69; 6. Caden Simpson, Jonathan Law, 8.74.
4×200 Meter Relay: 1. Danbury (Florence Dickson, Alanna Smith, Giuliana Robles, Briana Gilliard), 1:45.67; 2. Sheehan (Erin Brennan, Patrice Mansfield, Amanda Castaldi, Avery Winters), 1:45.86; 3. Bloomfield (Dream Wilson, Laniyah Henderson, Aria Gray, Sianna Lloyd), 1:48.50; 4. Staples (Tatum Havemann, Molly Liles, Samantha DeWitt, Francine Stevens), 1:48.98; 5. Glastonbury (Hannah Caiola, Riley Carroll, Meghan Smith, Alayna Taylor), 1:49.20; 6. East Hartford (Queeen Lewis, Re’Ann Fletcher, Keira Stewart, Kyrah Smith), 1:49.35.
4×400 Meter Relay: 1. Naugatuck (Lily Jason, Julia Kropo, Lauren Sonski, Allison Murphy), 4:06.96; 2. Windsor (Malia Alabre, Brittani Westberry, Alanah Townsend, Shani Smith), 4:08.15; 3. Simsbury (Olivia Birney, Leila Gary, Kayla Logan, Victoria Francis), 4:09.48; 4. Weston (Sophia Taylor, Abigail Miles, Amelia Rudolph, Ellison Weiner), 4:09.98; 5. Bloomfield (Aisha Williams, Aria Gray, Laniyah Henderson, Kiylah Williams), 4:10.82; 6. E.O. Smith (Mary Jasmine DeVivo, Elizabeth Bigelow, Navia Casa, Gabriella Hernandez), 4:11.18.
4×800 Meter Relay: 1. Newtown (Riley Powers, Hannah Snayd, Sophia Guevara, Ally McCarthy), 9:43.92; 2. Glastonbury (Annika Paluska, Kylie Hilliard, Jacqueline Dudus, Kelley MacElhiney), 9:47.48; 3. E.O. Smith (Elizabeth Bigelow, Alexis Buskey, Abigail Rose, Gabriella Hernandez), 9:49.55; 4. Immaculate (Nicole Merritt, Keelin Bremner, Lauren Manning, Kayla Ondy), 9:57.00; 5. Weston (Amelia Rudolph, Charlotte Carter, Campbell Clemens, Kathleen Saussy), 9:57.33; 6. New Milford (Isabel Greene, Amelia Sabatino, Mya Morabito, Elizabeth Rainey), 9:58.91.
1600 Sprint Medley: 1. Glastonbury (Hannah Caiola, Alayna Taylor, Riley Carroll, Ava Gattinella), 4:23.06; 2. Bethel (llana Flynn, Talia Graham, Abigail Correard, Ava Graham), 4:24.39; 3. Greenwich (Kayla Egan, Olivia Eslava, Haley Townsend, Esme Daplyn), 4:24.58; 4. Stonington (Hannah Andersen, Nancy Inthasit, Helena Hoinsky, Iliana Rashlieigh), 4:27.40; 5. Fairfield Ludlowe (Nadine Jefremow, Kayla Pattison, Haley Martinsen, Grace Moriarty), 4:27.60; 6. Mercy (Ava Noviello, Julia Salley, Julia Lelko, Allie Epright), 4:28.96.
High Jump: 1. D’Jior Delisser, Bloomfield, 5-04; 2. Audrey Kirkutis, Conard, 5-02; 2. Shaelyn Murphy, Maloney, 5-02; 4. Rosa Linda Volpintesta, Bethel, J5-02; 4. Tia Stapleton, Fairfield Ludlowe, J5-02; 6. Isabella Taccogna, Stratford, J5-02.
Pole Vault: 1. Ellison Weiner, Weston, 11-00; 2. Allison Vigue, Coginchaug, 10-06; 3. Erin Brennan, Sheehan, 10-00; 3. Grace Stephens, Masuk, 10-00; 5. Sarah Warden, Farmington, 9-06; 6. Alexis Boyer, Norwich Free Academy, J9-06.
Long Jump: 1. Mariella Schweitzer, Joel Barlow, 18-05; 2. Sarayah Winborne, Capital Prep, 17-11.25; 3. Kimberleigh Williams, Danbury, 16-09.25; 4. Erin Brennan, Sheehan, J16-09.25; 5. Tia Stapleton, Fairfield Ludlowe, 16-06.75; 6. Audrey Kozak, Shelton, 16-04.25.
Shot Put: 1. Olivia O’Connor, Hillhouse, 39-07.25; 2. Marina Perry, Rocky Hill, 38-06; 3. Savannah Soleau, East Lyme, 36-00; 4. Jennifer Whipple, Bacon Academy, 35-00.50; 5. Lauren Plummer, Windsor, 34-05.25; 6. Lindsey Reilly, St. Bernard, 33-06.
